Baghdadi,ascended a pulpit in 2014 and declared a caliphate after his fighterstook control of Mosul and swept through other areas of northern Iraqand Syria, according to the NYT.Thelandmark structure, which was built in the 12th century, had alreadybeen targeted by the Islamic State when it first occupied the Iraqicity in 2014.Accordingto Radio
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